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(11) |
EP 0 604 177 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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01.02.1995 Bulletin 1995/05 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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29.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/26 |
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Date of filing: 20.12.1993 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE |
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Priority: |
21.12.1992 US 995607
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Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION PRODUCTS, INC. |
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Jacksonville,
Florida 32216 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Abrams, Richard
Jacksonville, FL 32223 (US)
- Ebel, James A.
Jacksonville, FL 32256-7623 (US)
- Edwards, Russell J.
Jacksonville, FL 32258 (US)
- Keene, Darren S.
Jacksonville, FL 32257 (US)
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Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al |
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Carpmaels & Ransford
43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB) |
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Ophthalmic lens package |
(57) An ophthalmic lens package for inspection, sterilization, and delivery of the lens
having a substantial planar first surface with a concave bowl, the bowl having a radius
of curvature larger than the radius of the lens placed inside the bowl allowing the
lens to center and settle in the middle of the bowl. About the bowl is an annular
sealing area, preferably a planar annulus raised above the first planar surface away
from the bowl, circumferentially about the circular boundary of the first planar surface
and the concave bowl. The package is hermetically sealed along the sealing area with
a sealing sheet substantially parallel with the first planar surface and covering
the concave bowl. The package is constructed of a non-nucleated polymer so that when
water is placed in the bowl, the polymer surface is sufficiently wettable to substantially
flatten the water meniscus in the center and thereby eliminate associated optical
aberrations, permitting undistorted in-package inspection.